Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Reed, Joseph 1831 -
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)
Joseph Reed, farmer, Newtown, was born in Van Buren township August 20, 1831.
He was the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Castleman) Reed, who were natives of
Virginia, and emigrated from Fleming county, Kentucky, in November, 1826,
settling in Van Buren township. His brother Sampson, of Covington, owns the
place where they lived and are buried. His mother died in 1839; his father
married a second time, and died in 1866, his wife preceding him one or two years
to the grave. He was prominent in the early history of the county, and served
one term as associate judge. Mr. Reed married Caroline Dagger in 1860; she died
in 1866; and in 1870 he married Mary A. Young, who died in 1873, leaving one
child, Daniel, born the year before. In 1875 he married Emma McElwee. The issue
of this union has been one child, Carrie Louise, born August 1877. Mrs. Reed
belongs to the Baptist church. Mr. Reed has always been largely occupied with
farming. He owns 450 acres of land; over 400 are under plow; 250 lie adjoining
Newtown; 150 are in Cain township, and the remainder is mostly timber tracts. He
began life without anything but strong resolutions, habits of industry, and
native talents for business, and his very respectable competence shows how
industry, integrity, and careful calculation are rewarded with success. He has
done a good deal of business of a trading character, and for a number of years
was engaged with his brother Sampson in manufacturing lumber. Mr. Reed is a man
whose social disposition and pleasing manners always make friends; his
acquaintance in Fountain county is wide and thorough, and his friends are
legion. He is a democrat.
Additional Comments:
Richland Township
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,
TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,
GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.
BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.
WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.
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